Relay Information

General Bank of the West CIM Relay Challenge Information

Date / Time / Place:

The relay will begin promptly at 7:00 a.m. on Sunday, December 6, 2015, near the Folsom Dam in Folsom. The scenic 26-mile, 385-yard course runs from Folsom Dam to the State Capitol in Sacramento. The relay is held at the same time and on the same course as the individuals’ marathon.

Distances:

Each team usually consists of 4 runners, although teams of 2 or 3 runners are also accepted. The approximate distance of each leg is as follows:

#1 – 5.9 miles

#2 – 7.6 miles

#3 – 7.0 miles

#4 – 5.7 miles

Exchange Locations:

1st runner starts with the marathoners at 7 a.m. near Folsom Dam.

2nd runner starts just before the 6-mile mark, corner of Oak Ave. and Fair Oaks Blvd.

3rd runner starts at the corner of Manzanita and Fair Oaks Blvd. near the 13.1-mile mark.

4th runner starts at the corner of Munroe and Fair Oaks Blvd. near the 20.5-mile mark.

Getting to the Start of Your Leg:

Information about getting to the start of each relay leg is available on the Getting to the Start page HERE.

Course Re-Open:

The marathon course route re-opens at a 6-hour finish time (13:44 minutes/mile pace)

A California Highway Patrolman in a vehicle traveling at approximately 13:44 minutes per mile will open the roads behind his car to regular traffic.

If you are behind this vehicle, you must proceed on the road shoulders or sidewalks, and you are subject to pedestrian traffic laws of the City or the County of Sacramento.

No race services (fluid stations, mile splits, traffic controls) will be available on the course for runners progressing slower than the 13:44 minute/mile pace.

Relay Divisions:

Relay divisions are for male, female or co-ed. A co-ed team must have a minimum of two women or have two legs of the relay run by a woman. Teams with three men and one woman will be categorized as a men’s team. Teams with three women and one man are still considered a co-ed team.

Open

Military

High School (only for teams entered as high school teams at $50 price)

Political

Check back for additional categories.

Event Rules:

There is no “double dipping” between the marathon and the relay. Runners must chose one event or the other.

The relay team member must run only the leg(s) assigned to that runner. Team members must not join the member running the final leg at any time, especially not as they run the stretch to the finish.

Race Number:

All CIM participants must wear an official race number on the front of their body, pinned to their outer layer of clothing. Numbers must be fully visible at all times (not cut, folded or obscured). Runners who run without their bib properly attached and displayed risk not having their finish time and split times recorded and not being listed in the results.

Gear Check:

You may bring your warm-pre race clothes to the start of the marathon (or to the start of your relay leg), and it will be transported to the finish for you.

Gear bags will be clear. The clear bag you receive at packet pick-up is the only bag acceptable to check on race day into the gear trucks at the start. Other bags will NOT be accepted.

To identify your bag, write your bib number with a marker in the colored box printed on the clear bag.

Do NOT place anything of value in your bag, especially no car keys, cell phones. The SRA is not responsible for lost items.

Before the start of the race, hand your bag to a volunteer at the start area bag trucks that will transport your bag to the finish.

Relay participants will be allowed to leave the clear bags on the bus. Those bags will be transported to the finish.

At the finish line, claim your bag, located past 10th St. to the right of the State Capitol steps.

Fluid Stations:

There will be 17 fluid stations staffed by cheering volunteers from local schools, service clubs, and community groups.

Each will have water, an electrolyte replenisher fluid, medical supplies, medical personnel, and portable toilets.

Flavor and brand of electrolyte replenisher fluid available on the course will be announced shortly.

GU Energy Gel will be provided at 4 locations on the course.

GU supplies and flavors will vary. If you are dependent on nutrition supplements like these, be sure to carry your own in case you miss the hand outs or the supplies run out.

Medical assistance will be available at all Relay exchange areas and most fluid stations as well as the finish line.

Portable toilets will be located at each fluid station and relay exchange zone along the course.

Awards Ceremony:

All relay awards will be mailed 4-6 weeks following the event.

Looking for a relay team?

We have set up an event on the CIM Facebook page to allow runners to get together and formulate relay teams. You can visit the relay event HERE.

Vision Impaired Information:

USABA Class Description for the Blind/Visually Impaired

Class B1 Possessing no light perception in either eye up to light perception, but inability to recognize the shape of a hand at any distance or in any direction.

Class B2 From ability to recognize the shape of a hand up to visual acuity of 20/600 and/or a visual field of less than five degrees in the better eye with the best practical eye correction.

Class B3 From visual acuity above 20/600 and up to visual acuity of 20/200 and/or a visual field of less than 20 degrees and more than five degrees in the better eye with the best practical eye correction.

CIM Guidelines for the Blind/Visually Impaired

Athletes must bring to the designated booth at the CIM Expo a physician’s or optometrist’s verification of status as visually impaired according to the above classifications.

Athletes bring their own guides to the competition. The athlete pays one entry fee as the guide is only the runners “eyes.”

Athlete and guide are regarded as a team. The guide must wear on the front and back of his/her shirt singlet or bib the GUIDE Runner. Guide(s) are not scored.

As the blind or visually impaired runner crosses the finish line, the guide must be behind the athlete.

The method of guidance is the choice of the athlete. He or she may choose to use an elbow lead, or a tether, or run free. Strapping or tying the hands of athlete and guide to one another is not permitted. The tether used must provide at least 5 cm (2 inches) length between the respective hands of guide and athlete. In addition, the runner may receive verbal instruction from the guide.

Guides may not use a bicycle or other mechanical means of transport.

The guide cannot pull the athlete, or propel the athlete forward by pushing.

For more information on the United States Association of Blind Athletes and information regarding guide running click HERE.